With its stark lighting, brooding characters, and dark themes, the film noir style dominated Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s and inspired generations of filmmakers, from David Lynch to Quentin Tarantino.

If you ask Alan Rode to define film noir, he’ll say, “you know it when you see it.” Rode — an expert of the style, Charter Director of the Film Noir Foundation, plus documentarian, producer, and author — joined Lisa Elliott and Stephanie Valle for a conversation about Film Noir virtually from his home in Los Angeles.

With its stark lighting, brooding characters, and dark themes, the film noir style dominated Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s and inspired generations of filmmakers, from David Lynch to Quentin Tarantino.

If you ask Alan Rode to define film noir, he’ll say, “you know it when you see it.” Rode — an expert of the style, Charter Director of the Film Noir Foundation, plus documentarian, producer, and author — joined Lisa Elliott and Stephanie Valle for a conversation about Film Noir virtually from his home in Los Angeles.

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Alan is the featured commentator on this special edition release of SHANE (1953).

Directed by : George Stevens
Cast : Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Jack Palance, Van Heflin, Ben Johnson, Brandon De Wilde, Edgar Buchanan, Emile Meyer, Elisha Cook Jr.
Available Date : 07/15/2025
Release Year : 1953
Running Time : 118

Alan is the featured commentator on this special edition release of THE PROUD REBEL (1958).

Directed by : Michael Curtiz
Cast : Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, Dean Jagger, David Ladd, Cecil Kellaway, Harry Dean Stanton, James Westerfield, Henry Hull, Tom Pittman, Eli Mintz.
Available Date : 05/20/2025
Release Year : 1958
Running Time : 103

Alan K. Rode discusses the classic film noir GILDA (1946) with David Garonzik of the Naples Florida Cinematheque describing the backstory of the true life romance between Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford along with the machinations of Columbia mogul Harry Cohn and director Charles Vidor.

Alan K. Rode is the guest of Maria Korpacheva for an audio survey of the Woodland Hills portion of the San Fernando Valley and its history of Hollywood luminaries.

Alan K. Rode talks about his book celebrating “Blood on the Moon,” starring Robert Mitchum: a 1948 classic Western immersed in the film noir netherworld of double crosses, government corruption, shabby barrooms, gun-toting goons, and romantic betrayals. 

Alan K. Rode talks everythng “Michael Curtiz – Super Director” in this podcast hosted by Steven Jay Rubin.

Author Alan K. Rode joins Tim Millard’s podcast to discuss his new book BLOOD ON THE MOON, a detailed look at the making of the 1948 western. The discussion takes a deep dive into how this film is a prime example of a noir western, which was a movement in westerns toward realism after World War II.

Alan provides background on star Robert Mitchum and why he was a perfect fit for this noir western style. Tim and Alan also discuss the great director Robert Wise, cinematographer Nicolas Musuraca and the other members of the production team. And then in turn they discuss stars Robert Preston, Barbara Bel Geddes, Phyllis Thaxter, Walter Brennan, and Charles McGraw. The podcast ends with an update from George Feltenstein of the Warner Archive, as to why the film never received a DVD release, and the work that went into bringing it out on Blu-ray in early 2020.

Blood on the Moon (1948) – Andrew Patrick Nelson and Matthew Chernov interview Film Scholar Alan K. Rode

The gripping story of a down-and-out cowhand who becomes ensnared in a complex scheme to dupe a local rancher out of a fortune, the moody 1948 film Blood on the Moon combines the mythic milieu of the Hollywood Western with the dark psychological themes of a classic noir. On this engaging episode, Andrew Patrick Nelson chats with acclaimed author, biographer and film noir expert Alan K. Rode, whose latest book – titled Blood on the Moon – offers a fascinating analysis of this influential Western.

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